The Stewartville Post Office, located on the West Coast of Demerara, was opened by 1870 in the West Coast Demerara River Postal District. On January 1, 1880, the office was moved to the Telegraph Station and later transferred to Metenmeerzorg on November 1, 1890, at which point the Stewartville Post Office was closed. The office originally used the code mark “W5C” until 1880.

The following are the Date Stamps used at Stewartville with EKD prior to 22 January 1901, the day marking the end of the reign of Queen Victoria. In addition to listing the Panda Type #, for reference, we also list the T&H Type from The Postage Stamps and Postal History of British Guiana by Townsend & Howe, the Type and referenced page from The Postal History of British Guiana by Edward B. Proud, and the referenced pages from British Guiana Coded Postmarks – Study paper No 3 by Michael Rego, for code-marks.

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→ Panda Type # E  4. 16 -Stewartville

T&H – Type 3 p. 300 ; Proud – Stewartville D3 p. 253

EKD: 13 Jan 1880 / LKD: 31 Oct 1890

The Stewartville Circular Date Stamp (C.D.S) is a Panda Type E5 postmark.  The Panda Type E5 is Double Ring (D.R.), 22.5-24mm, 2 line date (2 L.D.) with year abbreviated (Y.A.).  Colony not shown.

The Panda Type E4.16 is cataloged as Type 3 and is listed as “Scarce” in The Postage Stamps and Postal History of British Guiana by Townsend & Howe.